NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has agreed to sell the fee ownership interest in 625 Madison Avenue, a 563,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan, for $632.5 million. The 17-story building is located between 58th and 59th streets and includes ground-floor retail space. In connection with the sale, SL Green and its partners will originate a $234.5 million preferred equity investment in the property, and the locally based real estate giant will use net proceeds from the sale for repayment of corporate debt. The buyer was an undisclosed global investment group.
FRANKFORT, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Big Blue Self Storage, a 420-unit facility in Frankfort, located east of Syracuse in upstate New York. Built in 2009, the facility spans 47,325 net rentable square feet of climate- and non-climate-controlled space across a mix of drive-up, interior and outdoor parking spaces. The property can also support future expansion. Kevin Bledsoe, Matthew Junkin and Andreas Makris of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Moove in Self Storage. John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
DEWITT, N.Y. — Locally based financial intermediary Largo Capital has arranged a $21.7 million loan for the refinancing of a 285,000-square-foot industrial building in DeWitt, located just outside of Syracuse. The newly constructed building is situated within a larger 97-acre development and features 27 dock-high doors and two drive-in doors. Jack Phillips of Largo Capital arranged the financing. The direct lender and borrower were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $9.2 million sale of an 81-unit, rent-stabilized multifamily building located at 75-89 Wadsworth Terrace in Manhattan’s Washington Heights area. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Alexander Taic and Jake Brody of Ariel represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed. The deal traded at a cap rate of 6.38 percent.
By Taylor Williams Across Manhattan’s major retail corridors and pockets, leasing agents, operators and owners are all gaining greater clarity on what levels of rent various submarkets can bear and, by extension, how much spaces are truly worth. After three years of disruptions of the public health and financial variety — each devastating in its own right — a reset of sorts is a major windfall for the country’s largest and arguably most dynamic retail market. Closing deals is challenging enough when all parties are on the same page and the economy is stable. When markets are going through tumultuous phases of discovery in which perceived valuations of spaces fluctuate wildly, negotiations tend to flame out even more quickly — if they even get going at all. “A year ago in Manhattan, you could have two adjacent stores, and one might have been asking for $120 per square foot while the other wanted $220 per square foot,” says Chase Welles, partner at TSCG, an Atlanta-based brokerage and consulting firm that is active in New York City. “There’s certainly more definition relative to last year, and the range of asking rents in each submarket has narrowed.” “The market has become more …
NEW YORK CITY — Bank OZK has provided a $95 million construction loan for a 194-unit multifamily project that is under construction at 300 E. 50th St. in Manhattan’s Turtle Bay neighborhood. Designed by BKSK Architects, the 23-story building will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, coworking lounge, rooftop garden, grilling terrace and a catering kitchen. The project also includes 4,888 square feet of commercial space, and 30 percent of the units will be reserved as affordable housing. The borrower and developer is a joint venture between locally based developer MAG Partners, global investment firm Safanad and Global Holdings Management Corp. Completion is scheduled for late 2025.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 6,780-square-foot office lease at 600 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan’s Plaza District. The tenant, private equity funds manager Hollyport Capital, will occupy the entire 27th floor of the 36-story, 305,472-square-foot building. Harry Blair, Connor Daugstrup and Bianca DiMauro of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Lex NY Equities LLC, in the lease negotiations. Tim Gibson and Harry Singer of Newmark represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based investment firm Barberry Rose Management has sold a portfolio of three multifamily buildings totaling 49 units in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The sales price was $5 million. The three contiguous, four-story buildings were all constructed in 1912. Ben Khakshoor, Alex Fuchs and Aaron Jungreis of locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group represented Barberry Rose and the buyer, Gilman Management, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — The New York City Department of Health & Hygiene has signed a 17,708-square-foot office lease in Brooklyn. The agency is relocating from 16 Court St. to the entire fifth floor of the building at 532 Fulton St., which is known locally as The Paxton. Brad Gerla, Jon Cope and David Katz of CBRE represented the landlord, Jenel Management Corp., in the lease negotiations. Ellen Israel of JRT Realty Group and Bob Giglio of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
COMMACK, N.Y. — Connecticut-based life insurance company Voya Investment Management has provided $37.5 million in bridge financing for Mayfair Shopping Center, a 221,000-square-foot retail property located in the Long Island community of Commack. The open-air center sits on a 15-acre site along the Jericho Turnpike and is home to tenants such as Lidl, Planet Fitness and the PGA Superstore. Andrew Stewart and Allison Villamagna of New Jersey-based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage arranged the three-year loan on behalf of the borrower, The Livingston Group. A portion of the proceeds will be used to fund capital improvements and additional leasing costs.